A SWETMAN, LONDON GILT PAIR CASE VERGE ESCAPEMENT WATCH

Description: A SWETMAN, LONDON GILT PAIR CASE VERGE ESCAPEMENT WATCH
Gilt fullplate movement with fusee, large engraved balance cock. Verge escapement. With date complication. The fullplate signed Swetman London. The face with silvered dial, roman numerals with subsidiary outer arabic numbered minute track, gilt hands. Signed at centre. Outer gilt case with repoussé foliate design. A repoussé scene to rear, possibly of Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem.
Diameter: 56mm

PROVENANCE:
Christie's, 8th October 1980, Lot 227
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above